Hip-Hop Coup
A huge hip-hop concert is happening on Friday, but it's not being put on by either of North Texas' giant commercial hip-hop radio stations....
Got Bars? The Rap Game
More than any genre’s artists, rappers seem to be (by far) the most entrepreneurial and brand conscious. (Remember Dave Chappelle’s “Wu-Tang Financial” sketch?) Nationally,...
Jacob Furr, Cleanup Bust Out
You’d think that in a town like Fort Worth, with so many outstanding bands, there’d be a bunch of super-groups, elite bands in which...
#MAF17
Pinkish Black, The Unlikely Candidates, Holy Moly, War Party, Son of Stan, Huffer, Whiskey Folk, Reagan James, Katsuk, Un Chien, Vodeo, Bulls, Tame …...
And Your Winners Are…
Fort Worth, you have good taste.
If you’ll allow me to continue blowing smoke up your ass, you’re also very intelligent, supremely attractive, and exceedingly...
Top Local Albums, EPs of ’11
For some unknown reason –– increased access to recording technology, YouTube music lessons, whatever –– 2011 was full of pretty-damn-good-to-great albums....
Forecast: Picnic, Lightning
It’s rock, punk, blues, swamp, and psychedelia all in one neat package.
The EP Gilded Youth is the debut recording from Picnic, Lightning, a new...
Clint Niosi/Slow Draw
Every year, a few bands drop recordings just after the cutoff date to be considered for our annual Fort Worth Weekly Music Awards. Recent...
Joe Gorgeous’ “Wet Cement” Is Rock Solid
The low-key yet watch-steady buzz that has followed Joey Gorman since his days co-fronting the dirty Stones-rock outfit The Longshots is likely about to...
Anti-Hipster Rising
We've written a bunch about Best Fwends, a kitschy techno duo based in Fort Worth and Austin, and we've always been kind to them....
